Comments on: How to eliminate the verb ‘to be’ https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/ & Gray-Grant Communications Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Windy Gust https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7825 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:44:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7825 In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant.

Name as metaphor??

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7824 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:27:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7824 In reply to Windy Gust.

LOVE your user name, Wendy. “Windy Gust” is very clever!!!

]]> By: Windy Gust https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7823 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:33:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7823 The tips in this column work brilliantly Daphne! (Of course, I was going to write I that I was so impressed by the tips in this column Daphne……but never again!) The search for “was” and “tion” and “ment” are ideal shortcuts. Many thanks. Wendy Guest

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7799 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:03:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7799 In reply to Angélica Hernández.

You are not alone! So many people do this. If you’re conscious of it and work to correct it you’ll be well ahead of many other people!

]]> By: Angélica Hernández https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7798 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:55:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7798 Excellent column!. A few days ago I realized I wrote the verb “to be” too many times in my english texts, I will correct

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7769 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:47:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7769 In reply to Elizabeth H. Cottrell.

Interestingly, #4 was the topic of one of my very early newsletters some 10 years ago!!

]]> By: Elizabeth H. Cottrell https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7767 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:15:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7767 I would never have thought of #4 — searching for words ending in -tion or -ment. Also glad to reminded of the Hemingway app which I purchased after your recommendation and forget to use. Sigh…

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7766 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 01:09:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7766 In reply to grammymartha.

Thanks for your kind words!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7765 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 01:09:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7765 In reply to Charles Broming.

Glad to help!

]]> By: grammymartha https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-eliminate-the-verb-to-be/#comment-7764 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:41:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15001#comment-7764 I especially like #7, and look to this kind of method to make my writing a bit more interesting. Great ideas, though!

]]>